The music is already unusual for the place: the frenzied notes of hip-hop contrast with the monodic plainsong of the Mozarabic liturgy, to which nine centuries of sacred history have accustomed the Gothic pillars of the cathedral of Toledo.
But above all, it is the movements performed by the actors of the clip that denote with the piety of the place.
In this frenetically paced video, the bodies strip and become entangled in so many lascivious positions, all under the haggard eye of a simpleton-looking priest.
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The music video for the song "Ateo" where Spanish rapper C. Tangana and singer Nathy Peluso compete for the star provocatively stages an anachronistic clergy, overwhelmed by the scent of scandal that emanates from a poisonous love story adorning themselves with the rags of the sacred. "
I was an atheist, but now I believe / Because a miracle like you descended from the sky
" whispered in music the two cursed lovers. In one of the shots of the short film, the rapper pulls his partner's hair in a gesture that evokes a detail of one of the frescoes in the cathedral, on which a pig-like devil pulls the hair of a damned.
The immediate success of the video, uploaded on Friday and already viewed more than four million times at the end of the weekend, then sparked controversy among Spanish believers, some of whom were shocked that the The archdiocese of Toledo has agreed that the filming of the clip could take place in the cathedral.
Some scenes in the clip refer to the sacred iconography that adorns the walls of the cathedral.
YouTube screenshot - C. Tangana
Under the fire of strong criticism, the Archbishop and Primate of Spain, Mgr Francisco Cerro Chaves, then spoke on Sunday in a press release, in which he affirms "
deeply regret these events
" and "
disapprove
", also asking "
humbly and sincerely forgiveness to all the lay faithful, consecrated persons and priests, who justly felt hurt by this misuse of a sacred place
”.
Claiming not to have been aware of the nature of the clip when granting permission to shoot in his cathedral, the archbishop also announced the establishment of a stricter protocol to allow images to be produced in the compound. of the place of worship.